Declan Barron

Declan Barron, born in 1951, is an Irish former Gaelic football player who played for the club side Bantry Blues, the divisional side Carbery and at inter-county level for the Cork senior football team. He usually lined out at midfield or in the forwards. After winning two All-Ireland minor and two All-Ireland under-21 medals, he joined the Cork senior team in 1971 and won a Munster Championship that year. He played at centre-forward when Cork beat Galway in the 1973 All-Ireland Senior Football Championship final, and he finished his career with a National League medal in 1979-80. He won two All-Star awards and was later named on the Cork Football Teams of the Century and Millennium.